Referee Pages

Volunteer Point Program

PURPOSE

The purpose of the
Volunteer Point Program is to help ensure that AYSO Region 76 recruits,
trains, certifies and fields enough volunteer referees to officiate at our
Regional games. In this Program, volunteers agree to referee games during
our Regional Regular Season (usually September through most of November) and
Preliminary (pool play) Playoff Rounds, which typically take place in late
November and early December.

Referee volunteers
earn Volunteer Points which they allocate to one or more teams.

Teams in Division U10 must earn at least 21
volunteer points and teams in Divisions U12 - U14 must earn at least
24 volunteer points to qualify for the Final
(elimination) Round of our Regional Playoffs, which leads to Area and
Section Playoffs. Teams that fail to accumulate the required points will play the same
number of Regular Season and Preliminary Playoff games, but will not advance
to the Final Playoff Round. Teams that fail to accumulate the required Volunteer
Points cannot become Regional champions.

During the Final (elimination) Rounds of our playoffs, teams must earn
an additional 2 points in the first weekend to be eligible for advancement
to the 2nd weekend. Teams that qualify for the 2nd (semifinal/final)
weekend of our elimination rounds must then earn an additional 2 points
during the final weekend to be eligible to become league champions.

For Divisions U16 & U19, because play is between our Region and other
Regions, interregional standings are kept during the Regular Season in order to
determine Area 1-P Playoff seedings. Region 76 U16 & U19 teams that fail to
accumulate the required number of volunteer points may not participate in the
Area 1-P Playoffs.

GENERAL RULES

A volunteer can allocate a maximum of 15 points to a single team in U10
and a maximum of 18 points to a team in U12 - U14 during the season. In U8, the maximum is 6 points to a single team. A minimum
of 2 volunteers must allocate points to a team in order for that
team to accumulate enough points to qualify for the Final Playoff Round
(or in the case of U8, to participate in the U8 reward activities).

Volunteer Points
belong to the Volunteer who earns them. Allocation decisions by a
Volunteer cannot be appealed.

Game Assignment
points may be allocated to any team.

Youth Referees have
the same rights and privileges as Adult referees under this program. The
minimum age to certify as a Referee is 12 years old.

Teams are
responsible for recruiting their own volunteers.

The referee administrator reserves the right to issue negative points in cases where the system is clearly being abused (like not showing up for an assigned game without notifying the RRA in advance).

These guidelines
may be revised as necessary by the AYSO Region 76 Commissioner or Referee
Administrator.

Clinic points are not earned until after the volunteer completes
their first 5 referee assignments

First time center

1 time per
volunteer

One time only
for center referee assignment

Should be earned in the same season after completing Referee Training

Does not apply to U8 games

Upgrade completion

3 per upgrade
certification

Intermediate
Referee

Advanced Referee

National Referee

Any level
Referee Instructor or Assessor

Referee Trainer

1 per course

Participate in
referee clinic as instructor

Referee
Assessor/Mentor

1 per game

Serve as mentor
or assessor for a less experienced referee

Laws of the Game
Refresher Course

1 per course

Attend a
Region 76 Law Refresher course (must be a certified referee to earn
points)

Clinic points are not earned until after the volunteer completes 2 additional referee assignments after the Refresher Course during the same season.

Referee Scheduling

2 points per week
scheduled

Under the
direction of the Referee Administrator, help schedule referee
assignments for each weeks games.

What if I cannot make it on the day?

We understand that “things happen”. We do ask you to try and contact us at refschedulers@ayso76.org as soon as possible. Please note that our chances of finding a referee at the last minute are slim, so if you cannot show up you will likely not be replaced. Also note: The referee administrator reserves the right to issue negative points in cases where the system is clearly being abused.

Signing Up for Games and Getting Trained.

For referees needing training, dates for referee clinics and additional
details are posted here. Certified Referees may sign up for games by logging into their AYSO Online
account, and selecting the "Self-Scheduler" link in the Referees section.

No one except the AYSO Region 76 Commissioner or Referee Administrator may grant an exception to these
guidelines.

These guidelines may be revised as necessary by the AYSO Region 76
Commissioner or Referee Administrator.